Drumming influences: Tommy Lee, Virgil Donati, Danny Carey, Travis Barker, Vinnie Paul, Morgan Rose, Marco Minneman, Dave Weckl...
Vocal Influences: Justin Furstenfeld, Erick Holloway, Maynard James Keenan, Christina Aguilera, Sebastian "the Man" Bach, lead singer from Tonic is pretty dope too...
Musical Influences in general: Blue October, Mars Electric, Avril, 7Dust, Blink 182, Planet X, Tool, Mudvayne, Pantera, Medeski-Martin-Wood, Christina Aguilera, George Clinton and the P Funk, Faith No More, Chainsaw Kittens, Prince, Our Lady Peace, The Dead Kennedys, Kelly Clarkson, The Tubes, Stevie Wonder, Phil Collins, Skid Row...and many more!!!!
I currently work in multiple musical entities-Drama Major, STOOPIFUNK, and The Chris & Wes Show as well as freelancing on blues, funk, and jazz gigs...Drama Major will have an EP release soon!!! My former group Speedfinger has a full length record out in available @ www.myspace.com/speedfingerband...I am also a private educator with 35-45 lessons per week...I write songs, I teach drums, I rock-n-roll and that's about it...oh, and i have vampire obsession (mad props to all that is Castlevania)...
Some of my more personal interests include: "rockin" my wife's world as much as she'll let me, driving my kids crazy, Tampa Bay Buccaneers football, "tickets", dominating my backyard grill O' death (with cartside beer tapper), and drinking coffee 24 hours a day...
shit man... warn me next time... gah... i had to ice MY sac after that... my only question is... what do you think he was listening to? i dont know about before the wipe-out, but i am sure it was Big Balls by AC/DC after :-)
